A few weeks ago I ordered TR Alpha Trion & Astrotrain and Generations Windblade from BBTS.com. Things were all good with the two TR Voyagers, but Windblade turned out to be defective. I only took on photo of the toys before opening it, and it was then that I noticed a problem. For starters one wing just fell apart at the pin joint. Then I realized that the same wing was missing a piece that the other wing had. I didn't realize a piece was missing until double-checking the instructions, because Transformers are not always symmetrical in bot form. I also thought the face didn't look right, but I wasn't sure about that so I didn't make a big deal of it. I e-mailed BBTS, and sent them these images. They told me to keep the defective toy, and they would ship a replacement. The replacement toy arrived today. So first and foremost kudos to BBTS for resolving this matter so smoothly. I blame Hasbro entirely for this, especially after examining the replacement figure. As an 80s kid, I've been around, (and owned), many Transformers figures throughout the entirety of the franchise's existence, and Generations Windblade has the absolute worst build quality I've ever seen in an official Transformer. Between these two images you can see how thin and fragile these wing joints are. These tale fins are warped, even though they are tabbed together. You can see below the bad gaps in the black neck area, particularly where the wings are supposed to meet the chasse right behind the cockpit. Again, obviously this is no fault of BBTS. Hasbro put out a poorly made figure. I'm not going to ask for another replacement figure; it would be a pointless burden on BBTS, and it's highly probable that the vast majority of these Windblades have these same problems. Since BBTS let me keep the really defective figure, I do have a bunch of spare parts, (and now TWO swords! ), so maybe I can cobble together a better build. Thank you BBTS for doing your best with this situation, and I'm sorry for the trouble that Hasbro caused you with this release.
I bought Windblade late last year from BBTS as a future present for my son along with Nightbeat. Guess I should check it out tonight when I get home from work. Sigh.
That's strange. My Windblade came with no problems at all. (Okay, I can't get the fan out of the back of her head, but that's more because I heard it was fragile and am too scared to put actual force in trying to take it out) I know that QC has been terrible in the past few years, but I am really sorry to hear that you were this unfortunate.
i bought one from a guy here and it was misb, but the legs didnt tab in. so i bought another and it worked okay. but the rid one is a bit nicer. bbts though was good to me. back when mp1 came out, i bought it... and they sent me hasbro 20th instead. i contacted them, they overnighted me the mp1 and let me keep the 20th. from that, i stuck around and never had any worries about bbts.
BBTS is awesome with returns, I've had a couple issues with toys that were defective (both Takara, not Hasbro surprisingly!). In my case they did have me send the defective one back but they got a new one coming my way before they even received the defects. That's crazy there's so many problems with Windblade, aside from a little looseness I don't have any problem with mine.
Wow, sucks to hear that. When she and the rest of her wave showed up on Hasbrotoyshop I ordered them all. Got her in hand, have had no problems with her and I really like her... Though I would be lying if I wasn't more excited for her RID Warrior figure.
Yeah, RID Warrior Windblade is superior to the Generations figure in pretty much every way except for some coloring choices (or lack thereof).
Wow that sucks. How does that even happen? Best thing you can do is contact BBTS and see if they'll exchange it for you. But honestly you should do yourself a favor and just track down the Takara Legends version of the mold. Takara's deco is much better and really makes the mold pop, and is a much better representation of Windblade's design in the comics, and has a much better looking face. Hasbro's is just dull, boring, and really makes the mold look ugly. And I gotta disagree with everyone on RID Warrior Windblade. Legends Windblade is hands down still the best Windblade figure. The RID Warrior figure is ugly, and where is the paint for crying out loud?
I'm terribly sorry that happened. Kudos to BBTS for a swift resolution to the issue. I've not bought figures from them, but hearing about how good they were about the issue makes me want to. I'm feeling like I lucked out with Windblade. I bought mine off of Amazon, and even after a year of standing on a shelf with occasional breaks for playing, custom-painting, reorganization, and simply tumbling off, she's still holding up strong. Maybe you may have just had the bad luck to end up with two poor copies? Alternatively, maybe this is a problem with more figures than I thought, and I just lucked out getting a good copy.
Nah, they already sent me one replacement. BBTS has done enough, I'm not going to squabble. It's not their fault Hasbro dropped the ball on this figure. I'm surprised some of you got figures that were fine. Anyway, I have some spare parts, (since BBTS let me keep the first figure), so I can probably improve things myself with some tinkering.
You make it sound like all Generations Windblade figures are fragile pieces of shit that crumble in your hands. ... Well granted they are fragile, but assuming everyones' figures are as bad as the broken one is pushing it.
I gave my Takara Slipstream Windblade's sword and will be shipping TAV Windblade out for my definitive Windblade once Bisk hits my POL. The Generations Windy just isn't worth putting on my shelf.
[QUOTE="Robogeek28, post: 13993947, member: 40013" The Generations Windy just isn't worth putting on my shelf.[/QUOTE] I beg to differ. Here she is in her classic pose.
I'm not saying they're as bad as the broken one, I'm assuming they're all warped and of poor build quality like the replacement figure I was sent.
